Monday, November 02, 2009

Chad Billingsley and Russell Martin aren't the only ones yearning for the glory days of 2008. Big League Stew brings us this surprisingly un-gritty comment from the Phillies' Cole Hamels after his Halloween-night shellacking:

"I can't wait for it to end," Hamels said, referring to his wildly inconsistent 2009 season. "It's been mentally draining ... It's one of those things, a year in, you just can't wait for a fresh start."

Is Cole Hamels the anti-MSB? Already sportswriters like Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com are jumping on Hamels, and I can't imagine this white flag-waving quote will go over well in boo-collar Philly. It's time to find out what the shelf life is on the goodwill from Hamels' 2008 World Series MVP award.

I have a hard time believing the hard-core Filly fans not giving him grief over those condo ads. I mean, that much white in one apartment? You can't eat a cheesesteak in there without running up a vicious dry cleaning bill.

Time for Jim Tracy on Cole Hamels:Has he lost what made him great? I'm not sure; what made him great?Would I like to have him on my team? Maybe, if he could regain the form that made him so effective.Is he overexposed? Well, duh.